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<p><del class="ministerial">The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This
can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows
the proportion against the total number of employees.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Regarding
the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this
is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have
asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne
and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</del></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">The Education and Skills Funding Agency is responsible for apprenticeship
strategy, policy and delivery and there are 317 employees in this division. </ins>Within
the Education and Skills Funding Agency, <del class="ministerial">5<del class="ministerial">
</del></del><ins class="ministerial">8 </ins>employees working on apprenticeships
strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents <del class="ministerial">1.6%</del>
<ins class="ministerial">2.5% </ins>of <ins class="ministerial">their workforce.</ins>
<del class="ministerial">the total of 317 employees. </del></p><p> </p><p> </p>
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